F-111F, 48th TFW, Lakenheath, Operation El Dorado Canyon, 1986

Airframes · May 20, 2010

That's very strange! Dwight notified me that there was no sign of my post which showed on the 'menu' screen, and sure enough there wasn't when I checked. SoIi re-posted, and now, the original post is there as well!
It's those Gremlins again - the ones who keep hiding things in my house!!

rochie · May 20, 2010

have a look in here mate i found some good stuff for my A-10
General Dynamics F-111

kgambit · May 20, 2010

rochie said:
have a look in here mate i found some good stuff for my A-10
General Dynamics F-111

Thanks Karl. There are some great shots of the Lakenheath birds in there.

Oh and I found this shot on another site. It's a bit sad since this is a shot of Karma 52, the only F-111F loss during El Dorado Canyon:

A4K · May 20, 2010

Great research, guys! This should be a great build!

Lucky13 · May 20, 2010

All this have made me look at Hobbyboss' 1/48 Aardwarks! D*mn you!

kgambit · May 20, 2010

Lucky13 said:
All this have made me look at Hobbyboss' 1/48 Aardwarks! D*mn you!

ROTFLMAO

There are some FANTASTIC aftermarket upgrade sets for the 1:48 scale kits too. hehehehe

Lucky13 · May 20, 2010

Vietnam F-111 wouldn't be too bad...

kgambit · May 20, 2010

Lucky13 said:
Vietnam F-111 wouldn't be too bad...

Here's a great link for a summary of F-111A SEA ops with BuNos as well.

F-111A in South East Asia (SEA)

Lucky13 · May 20, 2010

Just need to find a suitable tail number....ie '13'!

kgambit · May 20, 2010

Lucky13 said:
Just need to find a suitable tail number....ie '13'!

All you have to do is check this pdf out:

http://www.f-111.net/downloads/acftdata.pdf

It has tail numbers for all 562 F-111 aircraft built.

Airframes · May 20, 2010

And Jan, there are three new F111's listed as future releases, in 1/48th scale, including a RAAF bird........

A4K · May 20, 2010

Sad news for you though Jan, no spinning props to play with on an F-111!

Airframes · May 20, 2010

But he could push it along the ground making 'whooooosh!' noises...........

Lucky13 · May 21, 2010

Wooooooossssshhhhh........cough...cough..!

Edit:

F-111A S/N 66-0013
F-111E S/N 68-0013

Wayne Little · May 21, 2010

So.....that didn't take long to find another new project Jan....

evangilder · May 21, 2010

I like this one. Some of my old film days shots.

Wurger · May 21, 2010

evangilder · May 21, 2010

That was Colonel Sam Westbrook's plane when he was the Wing commander of the 48th TFW. One of the best commanders I served under. He went on to get his star from there.

Aaron Brooks Wolters · May 21, 2010

Very cool Eric!! Karl I could not find any shots of the main landing gear wheel wells in the books I have but I will do some on line searching this weekend.

kgambit · May 21, 2010

evangilder said:
That was Colonel Sam Westbrook's plane when he was the Wing commander of the 48th TFW. One of the best commanders I served under. He went on to get his star from there.

Awesome shots!

Making progress slowly on the build but nothing quite ready for pics. GBU-10'E's, PAVE TACK pod, and ALQ-131 pod are assembled and ready for painting. Working on the gear bays, engine exhausts and cockpit with some of the wheel gear components prepainted on the sprue. Should get the exposed flap areas painted flat red tomorrow. If I get a chance later tomorrow I'll take a shot or two.

My wife gave me one of her old sewing storage boxes which is totally perfect for storing all the parts as they come off the sprues and keeping them organized in separate compartments. With 150+ parts, this is coming in really handy.

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